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News from the Restorium |
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January 26, 2017 |
By Elsie Hollenbeck
Friends of the Restorium
The Community Restorium is a place of activity,
festivity and hominess as evidenced with the
happenings of events that occurred in December
and the new year. Residents celebrated the new
year with entertainment provided by the Kootenai
Kloggers Square Dancers and lots of food on New
Year’s eve.
They all enjoyed a holiday season with family
and friends at a Christmas party, where 140
people joined them. At the party, Santa, aka Roy
Marquis, made an appearance and presented each
resident with a gift and candy cane funded by
The Friends of the Restorium.
Throughout December several carolers visited and
entertained. A prime rib dinner was served on
Christmas Day. Everyone enjoyed the lovely tree
that was decorated by a 4-H group and the
colorful poinsettias that added to the
festivities of the holiday season.
To add to the excitement of December, a fire
alarm went off and everyone had to be evacuated.
The fire department came and found the alarm had
been triggered by the bursting of a sprinkler
head. The staff and residents are grateful to
the firemen for their quick response and
thankful that there was no fire.
Many other activities keep residents active and
entertained: exercise sessions are held three
times a week; Saturday is the game, movie and
popcorn event; bingo, bowling and board games
are popular; bus rides and shopping trip outings
occur each week, weather permitting; and a
monthly ice cream social is an event not to be
missed.
The residents greatly appreciate the community
groups and individuals that provide music
entertainment and the volunteers who do hair and
nail care each week.
Those who wish can attend a Bible study and
church services. A highlight of the month was
the birthday party for seven residents. The
current residents and the staff welcomed two new
residents.
To help combat the extreme cold and to make the
dining room more comfortable, new insulated and
lovely drapes, funded by The Friends of the
Restorium, were hung in the dining room adding
to the hominess of the Restorium. |
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